Author:

Nadya Mason(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

The electronic properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene have excited much
interest, for both fundamental science and technological applications. In
this talk, I will discuss how coupling superconductors to these carbon
nanostructures can enable new spectroscopic tools. In particular, I will
discuss our experiments demonstrating that superconducting probes on carbon
nanotube quantum dots can enhance weak spectroscopic features. I will also
show how superconducting tunnel probes enable direct measurements of
electron-electron interactions in carbon nanotubes. Finally, I will present
data showing that connecting graphene to superconductors allows for the
spectroscopy of individual, tunable superconducting (Andreev) bound states.

To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2012.MAR.Q27.5